South Africa's many landmarks represent the country's diverse and incredible history - here's a look at the stories behind ...

A new book, Together Apart: The Story of Living in Apartheid, has just been published in South Africa. Intended for ... Most people think of history as being the story of nations and big ...

The South African rand has hit its worst level ever against the British pound, currently trading at R24.65 per pound. In a short and sweet media release on Friday afternoon, the Stormers ...

Now Maina and the South African artist and cultural strategist ... so ORA’s researchers regularly had to rely on oral history. “I think that was very surprising: not just how invisible that ...

STUTTGART, Germany — U.S. Africa Command was in the political crosshairs even before it stood up 18 years ago in Germany’s automotive capital. From the outset, putting a four-star military ...

His parents moved to Ivory Coast in the 1980s, towards the end of a period of exceptional economic growth that economists dubbed the “Ivorian miracle”. They came to work, drawn by the country ...

In 1986, Sue Dobson, a young white woman from Pretoria, was recruited by the African National Congress (ANC) to be a spy within the South African apartheid regime. As part of her mission ...

Six key breeding areas are to be safeguarded to help save the African penguin, following a landmark court order in South Africa. Last year scientists warned that the species was declining by ...

Also, on this day in 1762, New York held its first-ever St. Patrick’s Day parade South African President FW de Klerk poses ... Firstpost Explainers presents History Today, an ongoing series exploring ...

Human Rights Day in South Africa, observed annually on 21 March, is a significant national holiday rooted in the country’s history of struggle against apartheid. It serves as a reminder of the ...

JOHANNESBURG, March 17 (Reuters) - The average inflation forecast for 2025 in a closely watched survey commissioned by the central bank fell further in the first quarter of this year, dropping ...

A Gustav Klimt portrait of an African prince that was lost after World ... saying there are gaps in the painting’s history that suggest it may have been expropriated by the Nazis.